35 years in jail for soldier over Mbuya murder

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The army court has sentenced a UPDF soldier to a total of 35 years in jail for the murder of three people.

By Andrew Ssenyonga

MBUYA -The army court has sentenced a UPDF soldier to a total of 35 years in jail for the murder of three people, as well as for the attempted murder of four others.

One of the three people Pte Patrick Odong Kalyango has been imprisoned for killing was a fellow soldier.

He will serve the two sentences of murder and attempted murder concurrently. However, he has 14 days to appeal.

Court, presided over by Col. John Bwirizayo, made its ruling at a sitting at Mbuya centre zone, Kinawataka in Kampala.

During the court session, Odong remain composed and calm, hardly giving away any expression of emotion even after judgment was delivered. He waved at the crowd outside court and appeared to enjoy a cigarette on his way to Luzira Upper Prison.

He is accused of shooting dead three people at a bar in Mbuya centre zone last year on December 22.